In coming to recognize the existence of other people, we thus come to realize that our own existence is contingent upon their recognition of us.
from Groundwork for a Transpersonal Psychoanalysis: Spirituality, Relationship, and Participation, by Robin S. Brown
“The unconscious is by definition unknowable in that once the individual has become aware of a given thought, feeling, phantasy, sensation, or the like, it is no longer an aspect of unconscious experience. The psychoanalyst is therefore in the unfortunate position of being a student of that which cannot be known. It is little wonder that we cling to our ideologies, our patriarchs and matriarchs, our analytic heroes and heretics, and our analytic schools, all of which serve us in our efforts to avoid our awareness of our confusion.”
from The Primitive Edge of Experience, by Thomas Ogden
“The work of dreaming is the psychological work through which we create personal, symbolic meaning, thereby becoming ourselves. It is in this sense that we dream ourselves into existence as analysts [therapists], analysands [patients], supervisors, parents, friends, and so on. In the absence of dreaming, we cannot learn from our lived experience and consequently remained trapped in an endless, unchanging present.”
— from Gabbard, G. O., & Ogden, T. H. (2009). On becoming a psychoanalyst. The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 90(2), 311–327.
Matthew M. Sholler, Psy.D. 
